I saw there was an old thread from back in 2013, but no group was created. Anyone interested in a group in the capital region? I work in Albany area, but commute from Catskill region, so Albany or south is always good for a meet up. Anyone else agree to a location at all? We could get an Albany/Capital Region Spice group going.

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We tried to make one for the Hudson Valley region, which would have covered Albany, but creating one was declined due to the lack of interest in the NYC group (which was tough since that group was always run by people coming down from the Hudson Valley.) So this lost interest from Spiceworks, I'm afraid.

I tried to get the NYC going again but a change of life plans took my out of the NYC region and I have no plans on returning. So the NYC group is without a leader again, I'm afraid, making other NY state groups in jeopardy if you want one created as they seem to have a dependency on the far afield and unrelated NYC group.

However, talk to the Syacuse group. They are your closest one. All of the upstate groups are active. So shocked that another upstate group has already been declined based purely on the discontinuing of another group in a different region of the country when the local, related groups are successful.

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I live in Columbia County about an hour south of Albany and work an hour away in Dutchess County. I'd love to have a group for the Upper Hudson Valley. I can't get down to NYC or out to Syracuse easily. So long as meetings aren't held right after work, I could make them.

Yeah, we were trying to get a meeting near Poughkeepsie. No official group will be made, though, I asked in person in Austin why we couldn't get one. So that was a dead end. I'm not there any longer to organize but several of the other Hudson area guys were really interested in trying to get something going.

The Syracuse group meetings are generally held in Auburn NY which is another 20-30 minutes west of Syracuse. We usually start around 6pm. I drive an hour and a half to get to the meetings, so I feel your pain.

The Syracuse group meetings are generally held in Auburn NY which is another 20-30 minutes west of Syracuse. We usually start around 6pm. I drive an hour and a half to get to the meetings, so I feel your pain.

Back when we only had Rochester meetings, nearly everyone was driving in an hour and a half from Syracuse!

I actually think an hour and a half was about average for the Manhattan group too. Even Dallas many people traveled nearly two hours. To have healthy, sustainable groups, sadly a lot of people have to come from a long way away. The IT SMB community just is not large or dense enough to really have enough people nearby to each other. Hence why online communities are so critical.

Even both organizers of the NYC group traveled in by train from the mid-Hudson.

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Albany wouldn't be bad because I would take a different route from work and be there in 2 hours or less. It would be nice to get together with other pros in the area to exchange ideas and such in person.

Syracuse is 4 hours away for me. That's just a little too far for a casual meeting. For a couple days maybe.

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